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GAME COMMISSION BULLETIN
JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1950
VOLUME V, NUMBERS 1 TO 12
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ADMINISTRATION
No. Month Page
No. Month Page
7
Camp Adair Land acquired
9
Camp Adair tract named
4
General Policies
5
General Program
1
Lockwood Reappointed
6
New field organization plan activated
1
New License Fees now effective
Supervisory Management Districts _____ 5
12
1949 License Sales _
_
_
BIG GAME
Deer
Archers on the increase _
Deer Hunters Reminded to Report _ __
Deer Regulations Changed
Deer Transplanting an expensive
proposition _
_______
Hunter's Choice Deer Season
Winter Game Losses
1949 Deer and Elk Kill
______
Elk
Elk Reports Overdue
Harvesting Oregon's Big Game Crops
12
July
Sept.
Apr.
May
Jan.
2
3
Sportsmen? _
What Value in our
Furbearers?
May
1
1
1
Regulations
1950 Game Outlook
Dec.
6
June
Jan.
Dec.
3
3
1
Sept.
11
Nov.
9
10
3
8
Sept.
Oct.
Mar.
Aug.
3
Feb.
2
Producing Oregon's Big Game Crops _
Winter Game Losses __________
6
5
3
1949 Deer and Elk Kill _
1950 Game Outlook
1950 Hunting Regulations
8
8
8
June
May
Mar.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
CONSERVATION EDUCATION
12
Dec.
What of our Future Sportsmen?
1
8
1
1
1
8
1
5
1
4
Apr.
1
7
July
1
6
June
1
Frederick A. Williams 9
Relationship
Producing Oregon's Big
Robert U. Mace 5
Game Crop
Progress Report on Habitat
_Frank Stanton 1
Improvement
Recreation Areas Acquired by Douglas
Charles V. Stanton 6
County
Salmon Fishing at Winchester
L M. Mathisen 6
Bay
The Fishery of Northeastern
H. J. Campbell 10
Oregon__
Sept.
1
May
1
Jan.
1
Hunter-Farmer
Cole M. Rivers
3
Mar.
1
Austin F. Hamer 12
Dec.
1
11
Nov.
1
Robert C. Holloway 2
John McKean 8
Feb.
Aug.
1
1
Apr.
Sept.
1
Sept.
Apr.
Dec.
5
Chester E. Kebbe
1950 Angling
FISHERIES
Bass and Other Spiny Rays
Dingell Bill Now Law
Into Diamond Lake Via Sno-cat
Liberations
Fish Planting Takes to the Air______
Fish Stocking
Trout on a Trolley
__________
150 Tons Fish Released
1949 Fish Liberations _______ _
Planning for Future Fishing
Salmon Fishing at Winchester Bay
Savage Rapids Screen Plans Underway
Scrap Fish Cleaned from Reservoirs _
Steelhead Spawning Grounds Cleared
The Fishery of Northeastern Oregon
The Rogue and Reclamation ____
_
4
9
6
9
4
12
1
June
1
Jan.
Jan.
11
Nov.
6
June
11
12
10
3
Nov.
Dec.
Mar.
Oct.
Mar.
3
Mar.
3
4
3
3
2
7
7
5
5
3
1
3
1
1
FURBEARERS
Disposal of Alaska Fur Seals
Fur Catch Report-1949-50
Trapping Season Unprofitable
What Value in our Furbearers?
6
7
7
July
July
6
11
Nov.
1
Apr.
Jan.
Apr.
3
Feb.
May
6
HABITAT IMPROVEMENT
FEATURE ARTICLES
Bass and Other Spiny
Stuart J. Couper
Rays
District Game Agent
C. B. Walsh
Harvesting Oregon's Big
Robert U. Mace
Game Crops
Reclamation._
What of our Future
7
7
1
9
2
The Rogue and
Planting Activities Moved to
4
Eastern Oregon
Progress Report on Habitat Improvement _ 1
Tillamook Burn Seeded
4
1
3
MEETINGS
Commission
January, 1950
April, 1950
November and December, 1950
Dates Set for Western Assn. Meeting
Farm Superintendents Meet
Hunting Regulations Hearing in July
Land and Water Policies to be Discussed
NACEP Meets at Mt. Hood
North American Wildlife Conference
large attendance
_
June
4
June
5
Oct.
1
6
2
June
Feb.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
11
Nov.
3
4
Apr.
2
2
5
1
3
3
Jan.
Mar.
Mar.
MEETINGS
(Continued)
No. Month Page
No. Month Page
Washington, Idaho and Oregon
Commissions Meet ____
Western Game Assn. Holds 30th
Annual Conference
Western Game Conference Well Attended
Western Game & Fish Commissions
to Meet in Oregon
4
Apr.
2
8
9
Aug.
Sept.
1
7
July
1
1
PUBLIC SHOOTING GROUNDS
Public Shooting Grounds for 1950
Waterfowl Season
Public Shooting Grounds Hunting
Report for 1949
Sauvies Island. Game Mgt. area
Used for Field Trials
Spec. Sauvie Island Crow Shoot
Permits Issued
Warner Valley Public Shooting Ground
Warner Valley Tour
10
3
Oct.
Mar.
2
3
9
Sept.
3
3
9
Mar.
Sept.
2
7
July
4
4
REGULATIONS AND SEASONS
Angling Regulations Hearing in Jan
Crane Prairie Will Close June 19
Hunting Regulations Hearing in July
Hunting Seasons to be Set in July
Salmon-Steelhead Tag Cards in Use
South Twin Lake Season Extended ___
Summary of Angling Regulations
Trout Anglers Open Season ____
1950 Angling Regulations
1950 Hunting Regulations
1950 Waterfowl Regulations
UPLAND GAME
Chukars to be Tried in Oregon
Winter Game Losses
Winter Pheasant Feeding Experiment ______
1949 Pheasant Liberations
1950 Hunting Regulations
1950 Pheasant Liberations
12
Dec.
2
6
6
7
June
June
July
3
2
4
8
2
4
2
Apr.
Aug.
Feb.
Apr.
Feb.
Aug.
Oct.
3
2
5
2
1
5
8
10
4
3
5
2
8
12
Apr.
Mar.
May
Feb.
Aug.
3
2
1
1
2
3
Dec.
5
7
8
Aug.
2
9
Sept.
4
Oct.
2
Mar.
May
Oct.
3
3
2
Mar.
6
WATERFOWL
America's Rarest Goose Shows
Population Gain
Ducks Go Hungry where Carp are Present
in large Numbers
Public Shooting Grounds for the
1950 Waterfowl Season
Public Shooting Grounds Hunting
Report for 1949
Warner Valley Wildlife Situation
10
3
5
1950 Waterfowl Regulations ________ 10
STATE POLICE
Annual Report
MISCELLANEOUS
Couper, Stuart J
Hamer, Austin F
Holloway, Robert C.
Kebbe, Chester E.
Mace, Bob.
McKean, John
Rivers, Cole M.
Stanton, Frank
Walsh, Clark B
Williams, Frederick A
10
4
12
2
11
5
8
3
Oct.
Apr.
Dec.
Feb.
Nov.
May
Aug.
Mar.
8
8
4
10
7
4
7
7
6
7
Jan.
July
9
Sept.
7
1
7
Dec.
Dec.
2
Apr.
8
Nov.
Dec.
2
Sept.
Sept.
Aug.
July
Feb.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
6
8
3
4
2
2
1
2
7
8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Big Game
Antelope kid
5
Antelope kid
8
Big-game Report Card
12
Construction of waterhole in Paulina Mt. 1
Deer damage problems
8
Deer-proof fence solution to crop
damage problems
5
Deer tracks indicating use of waterhole
in Deschutes Game Reservoir _________ 1
Deer weighed in at checking station
6
Deer winter range, Lake county
8
Electric Fence controls game damage
7
Elk use on pine in Troy area
8
Herd of Deer
5
Knowledge of causes of winter losses
aid in planning future crops
5
Prompt and careful dressing insures
prime antelope meat
6
Protected plant and exposed plant
show utilization
5
Reservoir in antelope country
1
Stalking for antelope
6
Cartoons
Joe Beaver
"Dam porcupinerobbing the forest
of ground covert"
May
Aug.
Jan.
8
3
8
5
Aug.
4
May
6
Jan.
June
5
Aug.
Aug.
May
1
7
4
1
May
6
June
1
May
Jan.
4
June
5
6
2
Dec.
2
9
Sept.
2
8
Aug.
2
1
Jan.
3
6
June
8
3
Mar.
2
June
2
Sept.
8
May
3
8
Dec.
July
7
"He tossed away a lighted cigarette, so
I attempted to cut him down to the
ground."
"I-I-I-t s-s-says `b-b-b-be c-c-careful
w-w-ith f-f-f-fire'."
"Just think, this was once a river
when we had better forest cover!"____
"Please don't go to any botherwe
can't stay for dinner."
"You won't jump like that when they
dump that waste into the streams."____
3
About the Author
Campbell, Homer
Cooperative Research Unit takes over
Game Fish Studies
12
Duck Stamp Sales Decline
12
Fishing License Sales Continue
Upward Spiral
4
Federal Aid to Administer Dingell Bill_ _ 11
Hunter's Score Card
12
Hunting Accidents Can Be Avoided
___ 9
Introduction of Exotic Species Needs Study 9
Mountain Goats Sighted in Wallowas
8
Oregon Wildlife Program for Youth
7
"Pronghorn Antelope" Receives
Book Award
2
Smith, Ernest W.
11
Which Road Sportsmen?
12
1949 Hunting Accidents
1
"Doesn't look as if they're biting
so well here."
6
Hunting cartoon courtesy of
"Michigan Conservation."
9
"I can read everything but the top two
lines "
5
"I guess we shouldn't have shot at them." 1
"My wife trained him "
2
"Sorry, Gus, I can't go camping with
you . . . my wife put her foot down." ___ 4
Jan.
Feb.
3
Apr.
3
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
9
8
9
Charts
1949 Archery season
1949 Deer kill
1949 Elk season
8
8
8
ILLUSTRATIONS
(Continued)
ILLUSTRATIONS
(Continued)
No. Month Page
1949 Fish Liberations
1949-50 Fur Catch Report
1
7
Conservation Education
Explorer Scout Troop participate in
fish liberation
Group of boys on field trip
Leader talking to Campfire Girls ___
Lecture class at 4-H Summer Camp
Liberation truck at Silver Creek with
junior campers
Preparing mounted specimens for use
at summer camps
Fisheries
A Deep Lake
Jan.
July
7
6
12
9
9
1
_ 12
Dec.
Sept.
Sept.
Dec.
12
Dec.
6
12
Dec.
4
_
3
3
6
No. Month Page
Fish loaded in cans prior to flight ______ 9
Infant Sturgeon
______ ___________ 11
Liberation Truck at Silver Creek
Plastic discs tags placed on sturgeon
11
Sportsmen volunteer in transporting
sturgeon from truck to river
11
Sturgeon is "living fossil"
11
__ 12
Maps
Angling Regulation Zones ___________ 2
Open areas for hunter's deer choice
8
Watersheds of Oregon
1
Sept.
Nov.
5
Dec.
Nov.
5
4
Nov.
Nov.
4
5
Feb.
Aug.
Jan.
9
July
4
July
5
July
July
July
July
4
4
5
5
July
4
Jan.
Jan.
4
1
5
3
7
Public Shooting Grounds
_
Anglers spending day on
Upper Deschutes
Anglers querying field agent as to
fishing possibilities _________________
A Quiet Slough
A Shallow Lake
4
Apr.
5
2
Feb.
1
9
4
4
Sept.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Mar.
5
5
5
Oct.
Oct.
Mar.
3
Early Spring Bass
4
Fall Bass
4
Favorite Fishing spot on Rogue River
Fishing boats moored at Winchester Bay 6
Frazier Lake
10
Glacier Lake
10
_3
Gold Ray Dam
3
Main River
4
Main Stem of Willamette River
4
Mill Creek Falls on the North Fork
3
Mixed Creel
3
Panfish
4
Personnel attending fisheries staff
conference
2
Recreation area in Casey State Park
valuable as spawning ground for
salmon and steelhead
3
Salmon anglers at Rogue River
3
Sample counts using Electric fish shocker 10
Squawfish
4
Steelhead entering ladder at Gold Ray
3
Stream Improvement
A Fat Roach
10
Garbage Cans receptacle for trash fish 10
Net full of fish
10
Pulling net ashore
10
Roach in boat
10
Seining at East Lake
10
View of Oneida Lake Trap _______ 10
June
Apr.
Apr.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Feb.
6
6
1
5
1
4
5
1
5
8
5
Raccoon
11
11
11
Mar.
Mar.
Oct.
Apr.
Mar.
5
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
5
5
5
4
5
4
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
7
7
8
4
5
6
7
1
Liberations
Airplane used in flying fish to back
country lakes
Adult Sturgeon
Explorer Scout Troop participate
in liberation
Upland Game
Complete guzzler
1
Construction of guzzler
1
Good cover likely place for birds
9
Pouring concrete for guzzler ______________ 1
Two-week old pheasant chicks at
brood coop
9
Valley Quail
9
Sept.
Jan.
7
Sept.
Sept.
6
6
Jan.
4
8
4
10
Furbearers
Beaver Dam
Beaver Trap
Boat launched to go on marshes of
Warner Valley
7
Mallard duck nest in Crump Lake in
Warner Valley
_____ ________
7
Members of State Land Board and Game
Commission at Warner Valley
7
Party Overlooking Petri Marsh ________ 7
Pelicans and Gulls at Warner Valley
7
Petri Marsh with Hart Mt. in Background 7
Plane taking off for aerial view of
Warner Valley
7
9
11
Sept.
Nov.
5
5
12
Dec.
1
Waterfowl
Small resting pond constructed for
waterfowl
1
Two ducks in flight _
11
Nov.
6
8
June
Aug.
4
1
7
July
8
_7
July
1
1
Jan.
5
1
5
11
Jan.
May
Nov.
5
5
3
9
6
Jan.
Sept.
June
5
1
3
6
June
3
6
12
June
3
3
Miscellaneous
Calapooya Park, Douglas County
Conley Hills
Construction of water developments
for game
District agents and Forest Service men
cooperating in spring game survey
Mature Multiflora Rose at Pullman
Nursery
Multiflora Rose cuttings ready for
transportation
Mountain Goats come to Oregon
NACEP Members at Timberline
Ponds and irrigation ditch banks seeded
to hold soil
Sign identify project areas
Sno-cat travels fast
Transferring supplies from truck
to sno-cat
Unloading supplies from sno-cat to
hatchery bunkhouse
Van Houten, Walt with deer
1
Dec.